NBC News attracted criticism for its coverage of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on August 18 2020, after the network posted a tweet that misrepresented Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance on the event. The New York congresswoman
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Truth or Fiction?→ Do Images Show Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announcing Their Ticket at an Event — Without Masks?
On August 15 2020, four days after Joe Biden announced that former California attorney general Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the upcoming presidential election, the following images began circulating — purportedly showing Biden and
Full Fact→ You’re allowed to leave England if you’re self-isolating for 14 days following a trip abroad
A number of readers have asked us about the rules around quarantine when you return from a foreign country. At the moment you have to quarantine yourself on arrival in England for 14 days if you return from any country outside the UK and Ireland not on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Black Lives Matter Arizona’ Is NOT Matching Donations Of $1 For Reposting Meme Supporting Breonna Taylor
Is the "Black Lives Matter Arizona" movement raising GoFundMe money in the name of Breonna Taylor? No, that's not true. The president of Black Lives Matter Arizona told Lead Stories that a meme making the claim on social media is false, a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Propose Ending Social Security Benefits After Age 75
Did AOC -- U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York -- propose ending Social Security benefits after age 75? No, that's not true: This story is satire from a website that specializes in creating outrageous headlines. Many people sha
Full Fact→ Infrared thermometers do not affect the pineal gland
A video and accompanying caption on Facebook have claimed that infrared temperature guns can damage the pineal gland. In the video, a woman films an encounter at a dentist, where she refuses to let staff take her children’s temperature using an i
The Dispatch→ Is a ‘Shadow Government’ Seeking a Coup Against President Trump?
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FactCheck.org→ Democratic Convention Night 2
Summary It was another unconventional night for fact-checkers at the truncated Democratic National Convention that has been forced to go virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic. But we found a few statements to write about, including a misleading c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Suggest Americans Drink Disinfectant To Protect Against COVID-19
Did President Trump suggest that Americans drink disinfectant to protect against COVID-19? No, that's not true: The president only urged that there should be research into the possible effectiveness of disinfectants injected "inside the b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands of Seattle Democrats Did NOT Unsafely Gather To Demand Protection From COVID-19 Risks of In-Person Voting
Does a photo posted on social media show thousands of Seattle Democrats crowded onto downtown streets to demand mail-in voting as a safe alternative to in-person voting during a pandemic?No, that's not true: The photo was taken at Black L
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A USPS Carrier Was Caught On Camera Stealing A Trump-Pence Campaign Sign… In 2016
Was a U.S. Postal carrier recently caught on camera stealing a Trump-Pence campaign sign out of the yard of a supporter? No, that's not true. It happened four years ago and the mail carrier was investigated by the postal service and the O
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Postal Service Did NOT Go Bankrupt Under Obama Or Bush
Did the U.S. Postal Service go bankrupt under Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush? No, that's not true. While the United States Postal Service has racked up a large debt, the federal mail carrier did not go into bankruptcy, a USPS
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wilson Police Did NOT Say That Darrius Sessoms Did Drugs With Austin Hinnant Before Killing Cannon Hinnant
Did the Wilson, North Carolina, Police say that the suspect in the shooting death of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant did drugs with the victim's father before the killing? No, that's not true: This was a fabricated Facebook post doctored to mak
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of large crowd shows Black Lives Matter protest, not mail-in vote rally
An aerial photo of a large crowd in an urban area was shared on Facebook with the claim it shows Democrats in the US city of Seattle protesting for mail-in voting. This is false; the photo is from a June 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle, and
Snopes→ AP: Ballot Drop Boxes Seen as a Way to Bypass the Post Office
With the Trump administration openly trying to undermine mail-in voting this fall, some election officials around the country are hoping to bypass the Postal Service by installing lots of ballot drop boxes in libraries, community centers and other publ
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Mozart Write a Song Called ‘Lick My Ass’?
In August 2020 a Facebook screenshot of a tweet contrasted a moral panic over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” with a claim that classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a song called “Lick My Ass”: A sc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Portion Of What You Pay A.A.R.P. Does NOT Go Directly To The Democratic Party
Does a portion of what people pay A.A.R.P. (the American Association of Retired People) go to the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: The AARP is forbidden by federal tax law, as a non-profit group, from making political contributions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Truck Driver Attacked In Portland Near Black Lives Matter Protest Has NOT Died
Has the truck driver attacked in Portland, Oregon, near a Black Lives Matter protest died? No, that's not true. The man attacked on video during a protest on August 16, 2020, has not died, the Portland police confirmed to Lead Stories on
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Have You Ever Seen a LOCKED Mailbox at the USPS? Now You Have’
As criticism of the treatment of the United States Postal Service (USPS) continued to mount in August 2020, various photographs shared online prompted fears that U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration were locking mailboxes as part of effo
FactCheck.org→ Tweet, Shared by Trump, Misrepresents Photo as ‘Mail-in Voting’ Protest
Quick Take A photo taken at a Black Lives Matter protest in June is now being shared on social media, including by President Donald Trump, with the false claim that it shows a recent rally in Seattle to “demand mail-in voting.” Full Story
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Thousands of Seattle Democrats Gather to Demand Mail-In Voting Because Voting in Person Is Too Dangerous?
On August 18 2020, a photograph purportedly showing “thousands of Seattle Democrats” (at least, according to random people online) circulated on Twitter: This is a photo of thousands of Seattle Democrats gathering to demand mail in votin
The Dispatch→ Did Trump Say He Would ‘Go to Prison’ if Biden Were Elected?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof That Government Contractors Played A Role In Carrying Out A ‘Coup Against President Trump’
Did government contractors play a role in carrying out a "coup against President Trump" as claimed in the "ShadowGate" video? No, that's not true: There's zero evidence to support the claim, a variation on the oft-debunked myth that Trump
Full Fact→ Viral Facebook post on cost of “binned” test and trace app is wrong
A post on Facebook claiming that the government’s “£300m track and trace app has quietly been binned” has been shared over 6,000 times. The cost of the app has been around £10.8 million so far, and although the app has not
Full Fact→ Viral Facebook post compares the national living wage with the state pension
“The government minimum wage so that people can live reasonably is £8.72 an hour x 36hrs equals £314.00 x 4 weeks equals £1,256.00 per month x 12 months equals £15070.00 per year. Why is it that pensioners who have paid h
Full Fact→ Claims that a 2011 lightning composite picture were taken in the Lake District are false
A number of posts on Facebook have claimed to show a striking image of a storm taken in Caldbeck in the Lake District in early August 2020. This is not the case. The picture is a composite taken in 2011 by photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos. He took
Full Fact→ It’s not true that migrants get a free TV licence
A Facebook post that has been shared 28,000 times claims that pensioners have to pay for a TV licence while migrants get a licence for free. This is not correct. The post says: “Funny that those who fought on the beaches of Northern France
Full Fact→ You cannot catch Legionnaires’ disease from a mask
A Facebook post shared hundreds of times has claimed that a woman who thought she had Covid-19 actually had actually contracted Legionnaires’ disease from her mask. The post reads: “Mask wearers beware... Worth checking it out. A caller to
Poynter→ Fact-checking night one of the 2020 Democratic National Convention
Gov. Andrew Cuomo recreated a coronavirus press briefing complete with PowerPoint, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke in front of an impressive amount of firewood, and a guy only identified as Eric from Illinois recorded a message from his phone holding what lo
Full Fact→ Charles Bronson has not attacked Ian Huntley in prison
Multiple Facebook posts have claimed that Charles Bronson recently attacked Ian Huntley in jail. Bronson is a robber who has become known for violent behaviour in prison; Huntley was convicted of murdering two schoolgirls in 2003. The post’
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Convention Opening Night
Summary Our major finding from the first night of the four-day 2020 Democratic National Convention is that it wasn’t accurate to call it a “convention” at all. That word means “coming together,” and Democratic delegates stayed apart because o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: C.S. Lewis Did Not Write Satan And Jesus Conversation On Shutting Down Businesses, Schools, Places Of Worship and Sports Events
Did C.S. Lewis write a conversation in which Satan told Jesus he would "shutdown business, schools, places of worship and sports events and "cause economic turmoil"? No, that's not true: The fictional exchange purportedly penned
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Was NOT Born In Pakistan
Was President Donald Trump actually born in Pakistan as Dawood Ibrahim Khan and then adopted by the Trump family nine years later? No, that's not true: Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, and an image of his birth certific
AFP Fact Check→ George Floyd did not die of a drug overdose
Social media posts shared tens of thousands of times claim that George Floyd died of an overdose, criticizing the amount of attention given to his death. This is false; the 46-year-old black man died while in police custody when a white officer knelt o
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a New Strain of Coronavirus Known as D614G and ‘Ten Times More Infectious’ Emerge in Malaysia in August 2020?
On August 16 2020, a number of anxiety-provoking tweets discussed the purported discovery of a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 (D614G), described as “ten times more infectious” after mutating: The highly infectious Covid-19 mutation, known as
Health Feedback→ Flawed “study” incorrectly claims that countries adopting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 experienced reduced mortality rates
REVIEW On 5 August 2020, an “analysis” comparing COVID-19 mortality rates in countries with different practices regarding the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the disease started circulating in social media posts on Facebook and Twitter. In th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Predict An Outbreak Of AFM Cases To Cover Up Anticipated Future Vaccine Injuries
Did the CDC predict an outbreak of AFM (acute flaccid myelitis) cases to cover up anticipated future vaccine injuries from the COVID-19 vaccine and flu shot? No, that's not true: The CDC has been tracking AFM cases since 2014. AF
FactCheck.org→ Mailbag: Our Headline on U.S. Postal Service Story
Numerous readers in recent days sent us emails questioning why we have not changed the headline on our June story [“Biden Floats Baseless Election Conspiracy,” June 26] regarding former Vice President Joe Biden’s claim that President
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say She Would Sign An Executive Order To Send Police To Take Your Guns
Did Kamala Harris vow to sign an executive order that would send police to your door to get your guns if you do not surrender them? No, that's not true. Sen. Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee, said when
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Budget Breakdown of a 25-Year-Old Who Makes $100,000 a Year and Is Excellent with Money’
As COVID-19 related economic woes dragged on in August 2020, a Facebook user shared a CNBC “budget breakdown” chart — which involved a 25-year-old man earning $100,000 a year: On August 14 2020, the user shared the above ch